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Resource Management Act 1991

Resource consents - Duration of consent

123: Duration of consent

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"How long your resource consent lasts"

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You get a consent for a certain time. This time can be different for different types of consents. You might get a coastal permit or a land use consent for a reclamation with no end date. You can get a resource consent for 35 years if it meets certain standards. This applies to wastewater or stormwater environmental performance standards. It also applies to wastewater treatment plants that meet infrastructure design solutions. Other land use consents or subdivision consents usually have no end date. But some consents, like coastal permits, might only last 5 years or up to 35 years. The consent will say how long it lasts. Some consents can be extended, like wastewater consents. You can find out more about this in section 139B and section 139C. Other consents might have special rules, like those in section 123C.

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Part 6Resource consents
Duration of consent

123Duration of consent

  1. Except as provided in section 123A, 123B, 125, or 127B,—

  2. the period for which a coastal permit for a reclamation, or a land use consent in respect of a reclamation that would otherwise contravene section 13, is granted is unlimited, unless otherwise specified in the consent:
    1. the period for which a resource consent for an activity that meets the requirements of a wastewater environmental performance standard or a stormwater environmental performance standard is granted is 35 years:
      1. the period for which a resource consent for a wastewater treatment plant that meets the requirements of an infrastructure design solution is granted is 35 years:
        1. subject to paragraph (c), the period for which any other land use consent, or a subdivision consent, is granted is unlimited, unless otherwise specified in the consent:
          1. the period for which any other coastal permit, or any other land use consent to do something that would otherwise contravene section 13, is granted is such period, not exceeding 35 years, as is specified in the consent and if no such period is specified, is 5 years from the date of commencement of the consent under section 116:
            1. the period for which any other resource consent is granted is the period (not exceeding 35 years from the date of granting) specified in the consent and, if no such period is specified, is 5 years from the date of commencement of the consent under section 116.

              1. Despite anything in subsection (1), the period of an extant wastewater consent (as defined in section 139B), may be extended as specified in section 139C.

              2. Despite anything in subsection (1), the period of a resource consent to which section 123C applies is the period specified in that section.

              Notes
              • Section 123(1): amended, on , by section 44 of the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 41).
              • Section 123(1)(aa): inserted, on , by section 89(1) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).
              • Section 123(1)(ab): inserted, on , by section 89(1) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).
              • Section 123(2): inserted, on , by section 89(2) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).
              • Section 123(3): inserted, on , by section 4 of the Resource Management (Duration of Consents) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 77).